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Term for the Western world
The Occident is a term for the West, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Western world. It is the antonym of the term Orient, referring
Occident
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Occident or occident in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Occident is usually a historic term for the Western world (as contrasted with the
Occident_(disambiguation)
French nationalist movement
Occident was a French far-right militant group, active in France between 1964 and 1968 and considered the "main activist group on the extreme right in
Occident_(movement)
Books by Oswald Spengler, rejecting the Eurocentric model of history
Der Untergang des Abendlandes; or more literally, The Downfall of the Occident) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler. The first volume, subtitled Form
The_Decline_of_the_West
1878 photographs by Eadweard Muybridge
June 1878. An additional card reprinted the single image of the horse "Occident" trotting at high speed, which had already been published in 1877. The
The_Horse_in_Motion
2002 film by Cristian Mungiu
Occident is a 2002 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It stars Alexandru Papadopol as a 29-year-old man named Luci and Anca Androne
Occident_(film)
1518–1830 unit of the Algerine army
The Odjak of Algiers (also spelled Ujaq or Ocak) was the local corps of the Janissary militia in the Regency of Algiers, forming the backbone of its professional
Odjak_of_Algiers
2019 album by Madonna
thought I'd react". Appearing on the deluxe editions of the album, "Extreme Occident" features elements of morna and Indian music, with Madonna once more being
Madame_X_(album)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up orientation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orientation may refer to: Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass
Orientation
European far-right political movement
Islamisierung des Abendlandes ('Patriotic Europeans against Islamisation of the Occident'). On 7 October, Yazidis and Muslim Chechens had violently clashed in Celle
Pegida
Census-designated place in California, United States
Maxwell (formerly, Occident) is a census-designated place and farm community in Colusa County, California, United States. It lies at an elevation of 95
Maxwell,_California
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Occident is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Occident was known as Tail Holt until 1882. A post
Occident,_Indiana
First American Jewish periodical
The Occident and American Jewish Advocate or simply The Occident (1843-1869), was the first general Jewish periodical published in the United States. The
The Occident and American Jewish Advocate
The_Occident_and_American_Jewish_Advocate
Christian church based in Rome
Verger, Jacques [in French] (1999). Culture, enseignement et société en Occident aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles (in French) (1st ed.). Presses universitaires
Catholic_Church
Play written by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
believing that this will cause the harvest to be bountiful. The characters Occident and America (both locals) have a conversation regarding their common religious
Loa_to_Divine_Narcissus
Place in Kasai region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kasaï-Occidental (French for "Western Kasai"; Luba-Lulua: Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between
Kasai-Occidental
Perceived difference between the Eastern and Western worlds
115–116. El-Enany, Rasheed (18 April 2006). Arab Representations of the Occident: East-West Encounters in Arabic Fiction. Routledge. pp. 80–83. ISBN 9781134320998
East–West_dichotomy
2009 city-building game
northwestern Renaissance Europe and the medieval Near East, referred to as the Occident and the Orient respectively. One of the major differences between previous
Anno_1404
Occident was a steamer that operated on the Willamette River and occasionally its tributary, the Santiam River from 1875 to about 1890. Occident was designed
Occident_(sternwheeler)
Archaic term for the Eastern world
anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of the term Occident, which refers to the Western world. In English, it is largely a metonym
Orient
1937 book by Philip Khuri Hitti
Arabs which enabled the possibility of the Occident, as if the Arabs had to be defeated so that the Occident could exist. Instead, it is the transmission
History_of_the_Arabs_(book)
Political party in France
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Identity–Liberties
2001 studio album by Squarepusher
track listing No. Title Length 1. "My Red Hot Car" 4:42 2. "Boneville Occident" 4:50 3. "Go! Spastic" 6:21 4. "Metteng Excuske v1.2" 1:08 5. "The Exploding
Go_Plastic
2026 concert tour by Aitana
2026-06-14. Pizá, Carlota (2026-06-13). "Aitana convierte el Mallorca Live Occident 2026 en una extensión de su 'Cuarto Azul'". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish)
Cuarto_Azul_World_Tour
Arabic greeting
(1862). "Beitrage zur altarabischen litteratur und geschichte". Orient und Occident (in German). Vol. 1. Dieterich. p. 708. كتاب (besser) Agânî. Ibn Duraid
As-salamu_alaykum
2007 compilation album by Roy Harper
From Occident to Orient is a 2007 compilation by English folk/rock singer-songwriter Roy Harper. It was initially released as a collector's item by Vinyl
From_Occident_to_Orient
Daily falling of the Sun below the horizon
derived from words for sunrise and sunset. The English words "orient" and "occident", meaning "east" and "west", respectively, are descended from Latin words
Sunset
Political party in France
paras (paratroopers) there. FANE brought together three movements: Action-Occident, the Cercle Charlemagne and the Comité de soutien à l'Europe réelle. FANE
Fédération d'action nationale et européenne
Fédération_d'action_nationale_et_européenne
Latinate adjective meaning "northern"
chart, indicating the northern region of the country; the other regions indicated are the Occident (west), the Orient (east), and the Midy (meridion).
Septentrional
Spanish-Catalan musician, conductor and composer (born 1941)
Routes of Slavery (2017). In their performances and albums titled Orient-Occident, Savall and musicians from the Middle East have presented traditional Arabic
Jordi_Savall
French philosopher and journalist (born 1940)
[littérature] (1992) Vie et mort de l'image : une histoire du regard en Occident (Paris, Gallimard, 1992, series: Folio actuel) L'État séducteur: les révolutions
Régis_Debray
French far-right activist
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Thaïs_d'Escufon
American actress
became a leader in the French feminist groups, "France, le Cercle Pax Occident-Orient" and "Le Comité français pour la paix internationale", which were
Madame_Yorska
Hindu god of new beginnings, wisdom and luck
(1993). "On the so-called earliest representation of Ganesa". Topoi. Orient-Occident. 3 (2): 425–453. doi:10.3406/topoi.1993.1479. Brown 1991, pp. 6–7 Kumar
Ganesha
Electoral label in French politics
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Union_of_the_Far-Right
Topics referred to by the same term
occidental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Occidental may refer to: Occident (of or pertaining to) Western world (of or pertaining to) Occidental, California
Occidental
Abrahamic monotheistic religion
Verger, Jacques [in French] (1999). Culture, enseignement et société en Occident aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles (in French) (1st ed.). Presses universitaires
Christianity
1819 poem collection by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
as a symbol for a stimulating exchange and mixture between Orient and Occident. The phrase "west–eastern" refers not only to an exchange between Germany
West–östlicher_Divan
German military officer (1886–1963)
after the war, and was released. In 1954, his book From the Orient to the Occident: A Mosaic of Various Colored Experiences, a detailed work on his experiences
Harun_el-Raschid_Bey
Church architecture topic
entered from the east and the sanctuary is at the other end, is called occidentation. Most churches built since the eighth century are oriented. In the many
Orientation_of_churches
Political party in France
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Action_Française_(post_1945)
1700s–1900s European granting of liberties to Jews
"Jewish Emancipation," 1845, The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, vol III, no 3, http://www.jewish-history.com/Occident/volume3/jun1845/emancipation
Jewish_emancipation
Spanish tennis player (born 2005)
the final. In October, she reached the final of the W35 Open JCastillo-Occident in Baza, but lost to Susan Bandecchi. In June 2025, she and Wakana Sonobe
Ariana_Geerlings
Alice (1871) Beaver (1873) Gov. Grover (1873) Willamette Chief (1874) Occident (1875) Orient (1875) O&CRR Ferry No. 2 (1879) Manzanillo (1881) Three Sisters
Portland_(sidewheeler_1853)
City in Gujarat, India
sea port in the pre-compass coastal trading routes for trading with the Occident and the East, perhaps as far back as the days of earliest trade connections
Bharuch
Political party in France
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Croix-de-Feu
Algerian writer and anthropologist
Islam and Free Will aims to understand Islam and its relation with the Occident. Understanding the ways of thinking, of living, the sensibilities of the
Malek_Chebel
Central Semitic language
thamoudique B de la région du Wādī Ramm (Jordanie du Sud)". Topoi. Orient-Occident. 22 (1): 185–223. Al-Jallad, Ahmad (2018). "The earliest stages of Arabic
Thamudic_B
Masonic lodge in Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Vakfi Yurt Yayinlari, 1998. p. 19. Conti, Fulvio (2008). Entre Orient et Occident. Les loges maçonniques du Grand Orient d'Italie en Méditerranée entre les
Macedonia_Risorta
Music festival in Barcelona, Spain
Primavera Sound 2026 was a music festival that took place from 4–6 June 2026 at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain. It was the 24th edition of the
Primavera_Sound_2026
Mongol chieftain, khan of the Keraites (c. 1130–1203)
Christian crosses, in relation to his identification with Prester John in the Occident. He is receiving two envoys from Genghis Khan (kneeling). Khan of Keraites
Toghrul
French nationalist and antisemitic organization founded in 1889
Guérin in 1899, the League became, under the direction of Guérin, the Grand Occident de France, still antisemitic but even more anti-Masonic, the name itself
Antisemitic_League_of_France
Chinese poet and publisher
World of Sinmay Zau that "For many, Shao was not simply inspired by the Occident but rather was of it" and that his lack of awareness of "the Chinese literary
Shao_Xunmei
French historian and academic (1938–2026)
Cases for Comparison across Time and around the World (2003) La famille en Occident du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle (2005) L'École des Annales : une histoire intellectuelle
André_Burguière
Prince of Wallachia
in later centuries. Cantacuzino family Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne, Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995
Ștefan_Cantacuzino
Romanian filmmaker
after graduating.[citation needed] In 2002, he made his feature debut with Occident, which was selected for the Directors' Fortnight of the 55th Cannes Film
Cristian_Mungiu
musicians from 7 nations, focusing on musical connections between Orient & Occident; Jewish, Christian & Muslim music. The group was founded in 1986 by Dr
Sarband
2002 studio album by Squarepusher
"Do You Know Squarepusher" 5:01 5. "Direct to Mental" 3:23 6. "Boneville Occident" 7:13 7. "Go! Spastic" 8:47 8. "Greenways Trajectory" 9:50 9. "My Fucking
Do_You_Know_Squarepusher
French nationalist movement
the Organisation Armée Secrète (1961–1962), Europe-Action (1963–1966), Occident (1964–1968) and L'Œuvre Française (1968–2013), all established by former
Jeune_Nation
Outermost moving sphere in the geocentric model of the universe
With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay / And hurlest al from est til occident / That naturelly wolde holde another way ..." (ll. 295–298). W. B. Yeats
Primum_Mobile
Number
Arabic çifr. Smithsonian Institution. Oriental Elements of Culture in the Occident, p. 518, at Google Books. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the
0
Tea company founded in Paris, 1986
Palais des Thés in 1986. His goal was to democratize tea and help the Occident to learn more about its cultural and gastronomical aspects. The first shop
Palais_des_Thés
Legendary 10th-century French princess
-Début siècle". In Pierre Bauduin (ed.). Les Fondations scandinaves en Occident et les débuts du duché de Normandie (in French). Caen: Publications du
Gisela_of_France
12th-century Romanesque church in L'Isle-Jourdain, Vienne, France
orientation of the church: West Face (The Fall): Oriented toward the "Occident" (from the Latin occidere, "to fall"), this face represents the space of
Church_of_Saint-Paixent
Countries with an originally European shared culture
America also constitute the West. The Western world likewise is called the Occident (from Latin occidens 'setting down, sunset, west') in contrast to the Eastern
Western_world
German writer and SS personnel
her book, "Allahs Sonne über dem Abendland" (1960; "Allah's sun over the Occident") she asserts that "the influence exerted by the Arabs on the West was
Sigrid_Hunke
French writer
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Hervé_Ryssen
American evangelist and author
the Last Days would see a power struggle between the "Orient" and the "Occident", a view that helped to fuel the Yellow Peril panic. Born in Ohio, Rupert
G._G._Rupert
Music school in Damascus, Syria
the Osnabruck Morgenland Festival: A hub connecting the Orient and the Occident - Qantara.de". Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World. Retrieved
Higher Institute of Music in Damascus
Higher_Institute_of_Music_in_Damascus
Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Saintes, France
Saint-Pierre Church at Structurae (in French) Architecture religieuse en Occident: Saint Pierre de Saintes (in French)Ministry of Culture: Archive images
Saintes_Cathedral
Imitation or depiction of Western culture
Occidentalism refers to a discipline that discusses the Western world (the Occident). In this context the West becomes the object, while the East is the subject
Occidentalism
Hungarian modernist painter collective
when progressive intellectuals gathered round reviews like "Nyugat" (Occident) and "XX. Század" (20th century), when 'Nyolcak' (the Eight), a group that
The_Eight_(painters)
Status of peasants under feudalism in Moldavia and Wallachia
Bucharest, Editura Științifică Djuvara, Neagu (2009). Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne. Humanitas publishing house
Serfdom in Moldavia and Wallachia
Serfdom_in_Moldavia_and_Wallachia
in several human deaths, leading to the Biologics Control Act of 1902 Occident, the trotting horse in the early motion photography study of 1878 Prometea
List_of_historical_horses
American psychologist
The character "Abe Fields" in Michael Koehlmeier's 2008 book Abendland ("Occident") is based on Gustave Gilbert (see the interview with the author in the
Gustave_Gilbert
Device for making musical sounds
musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was dominated by the Occident. During the Classical and Romantic periods of music, lasting from roughly
Musical_instrument
Region of Romania from 1330 to 1862
Press, Budapest, 2004, ISBN 963-9241-84-9 Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne, Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995
Wallachia
7th-century abbess and saint
Baudoin, Jacques (2006). Grand livre des saints: culte et iconographie en Occident (in French). Nonette, FR: Editions CRÉER. p. 90. ISBN 9782848190419. Saint
Angadrisma
Romanian singer, producer, actor, and comedian
such as Lucian Pintilie's An Unforgettable Summer and Cristian Mungiu's Occident, and portraying known characters in Romanian theater in various stage adaptations
Ioan_Gyuri_Pascu
German painter (1866-1913)
environment. "Orientalism" refers to the Orient or East, in contrast to the Occident or West, and often, as seen by the West. Many Western 19th-century artists
Hermann_Fenner-Behmer
Early leader of the Chinese Communist Party
"Lettre De Cai Hesen À Mao Zedong (13 Août 1920)". Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident: 143–149. Gipoulon, Catherine (1983). "Document I : De Montargis À Pékin
Cai_Hesen
American judge (1843–1923)
Occident, contributing to it a partial translation of Maimonides' "Moreh Nebukim." After Leeser's death Sulzberger edited vol. xxvi. of The Occident.
Mayer_Sulzberger
French nationalist activist (1927–2020)
"recreating a disbanded league" and "compromising State security", Sidos founded Occident the following year, but soon broke with the group. He eventually established
Pierre_Sidos
Province in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
part of Bali's cultural heritage see Marc-Antonio Barblan, "D'Orient en Occident: Histoire de la riziculture et muséologie" in ICOFOM Study Series, Vol
Bali
Dutch medical doctor, author, and novelist
Apologia. Occident Publishers, 2013. Seek the Light that Rises in the West. Occident Publishers, 2012. Wisdom is a Woman. (A Novel.) Occident Publishers
Mieke_Mosmuller
French historian (1943–2003)
préface, Payot, 1993 Qu’est-ce qu’une déesse dans Histoire des femmes en Occident I, Plon, 1991 Les Enfants d’Athéna. Idées athéniennes sur la citoyenneté
Nicole_Loraux
American steamboat
Alice (1871) Beaver (1873) Gov. Grover (1873) Willamette Chief (1874) Occident (1875) Orient (1875) O&CRR Ferry No. 2 (1879) Manzanillo (1881) Three Sisters
Canemah_(sidewheeler)
Palestinian-born Swiss lawyer
Avenir des musulmans en Occident: cas de la Suisse, Createspace (Amazon), Charleston, 2e édition, 2012 Cimetière musulman en Occident: Normes juives, chrétiennes
Sami_Aldeeb
1961–1962 French far-right paramilitary organisation in the Algerian War
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Organisation_armée_secrète
French politician (born 1995)
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Jordan_Bardella
Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007; 2012–2020)
toutefois évoqué le nom de «l'Église de l'Unification», plus connue en Occident sous l'appellation de la secte Moon. [Later, however, local media referred
Shinzo_Abe
American diplomat (1798–1860)
summing-up of defence lawyer Horatio Hubbell Jr. was published in The Occident and American Jewish Advocate in 1863, with comments by Isaac Leeser. In
Warder_Cresson
American oil company
2017. Tony, Karon (September 25, 2000). "Gore's Big Oil Connection: An 'Occident' of Birth?". Time. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Retrieved
Occidental_Petroleum
Romanian political party
Succesul UE, vital pentru reducerea decalajelor care separă România de Occident". www.digi24.ro. January 2017. "Romanian Senate adopts referendum for traditional
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)
Haltli Looking on Darkness ECM New Series ECM 1795 2002 Arvo Pärt Orient & Occident ECM New Series ECM 1796 2002 John Surman / Jack DeJohnette Invisible Nature
ECM_Records_discography
Defunct shipyard in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alice (1871) Beaver (1873) Gov. Grover (1873) Willamette Chief (1874) Occident (1875) Orient (1875) O&CRR Ferry No. 2 (1879) Manzanillo (1881) Three Sisters
Portland_Shipbuilding_Company
16th century division of the world
levant"), towards the south ("midi") it ends at the great sea, towards the occident it ends at our sea, and towards the north ("septentrion") it ends in the
Four_continents
Romanian actor
Paradis Nelu 2001 Everyday God Kisses Us On The Mouth The gambler 2002 Occident The mute Spaniard Amen. Inmate Callas Forever Reporter Garcea și oltenii [ro]
Gabriel_Spahiu
French author and conspiracy theorist
Civitas Croix-de-Feu Groupe Union Défense Jeunesses Patriotes La Cagoule Occident Ordre Nouveau Organisation armée secrète Solidarité Française Media Active
Alain_Soral
Romanian actor
Iacob (1988) The Oak (1992) The Snails' Senator (1995) Too Late (1996) Occident (2002) Sistemul nervos (2005) Inimă de țigan (2007) Sacrificiul (2019)
Dorel_Vișan
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
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Girl/Female
Indian
Aanandi; A Part of Love
Boy/Male
Indian
Baby
Female
Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Latin Crescentius, CRESCENCIA means "to spring up, grow, thrive."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Tall; Dominant
Girl/Female
African, American, Arabic, Christian, Czechoslovakian, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, Kannada, Kurdish, Muslim, Parsi, Sindhi
Happiness; Flower; Blossom; Graceful; Merciful; Grace of God; Unexpected Fortune; Love; Favourite; A Type of Flower; Felicity; Form of Johanna
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lightening; Ravi River
Girl/Female
Indian
Cheerful, Prosperous, Happy
Boy/Male
Hindu
King of gem
Boy/Male
Tamil
Boy/Male
Tamil
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
OCCIDENT
n.
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
a.
Western; occidental.
n.
A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States.
n.
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.
n.
An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
n.pl.
Western Christians of the Latin rite. See Orientals.
a.
Western; occidental.
a.
Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (C. occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
a.
Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
a.
Western; being in the west; occidental.
n.
A kind of black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), common in America.
n.
A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
n.
A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long.
a.
Of or pertaining to the orient or east; eastern; concerned with the East or Orientalism; -- opposed to occidental; as, Oriental countries.
n.
The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch.
n.
The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.